Washboard attachment.



S. HOOK- WASHBOARD ATTACHMENT, APPLICATION FILED APR. 12. 1915.

1,153,081 1 PatntedSpt. 7, 1915.

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. Specification of Letters I'atent.

' Patented Sept. 7, min.

Application died April 18, 1815. serial No. 80,688.

I '0 all whom it ma concern:

Be it known hat I, 'SUsANNA Hpon, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at the city of Battle Creek, in the county of Calhoun and State of Michi an, have invented certain new and useful mprovenients in washboard Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to washboards, and more particularly to reversible washboards.

The object of m invention is to provide a washboard whic ma be reversed, end for end, as desired, there y producin a rubbing surface of different degrees 0 roughness.

Furthermore the object of my invention is to provide a board reversed for use in either direction, havin a removable top attachment which may e suitably attached upon each end to prevent water or suds from coming in contact with the users aparel.

p Finally the object of my invention is to provide a washboard havin a removable attachment which can be app icd to either end and also having, a rubbing surface which, when used in one direction provides a rough surface for such heavy articles as blankets and heavy clothing, while the other side provides an a proximately smooth surface for such artie es as shirts, waists and all apparel made of delicate fabric which may be rubbed without dun er of tearing oil the buttons or destroying t e fabric.

With the above and other objects in view my invention consists in the details of construction and in the arrangement and combination of parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification and in which:

,Fi ure 1 IS an elevation of my im roved wash oard. Fig. 2 is a side View. ig. 8 is a perspective view of the end attachment. Fig. 4 is a side view of one of the attaching clips. Fig. 5 is a plan view of the screws for securin the attachment to the washboard, and Fig. 6 is an end view (A. B) of the rubbing surface when in reversed position.

In the drawings 1-1 indicates the side bars which are made of wood, and 2 is an approximately corrugated rubbing surface suitabl secured to each of the side bars. The ru hing surface is formed with a series of transverse raised portions, 8-8, between which is a plain surface, as shown inFig.

6. The construction of the rubbing plate 'provides'arubbing surface of a different degree of roughness when the washboard is reversed end for end. A plate, 4, having sharpened end extensions 5-5 bent at right angles to the body portion 4 is secured on the side bars by forcing the sharp rojections into the wood, of which the si e bars are formed. The removable end attachment is formed of a single sheet of zinc, tin, galvanized iron, of durable metal, having a side portion, 6, with a top piece, 7 bent at right angles to the side portion. The top portion also has a downwardly extending flange, 8, which engages the end of the side bars. The attachment is secured to the washboard by first attaching the plate, 4, to the side bars, and the to attachment is then laced over the end 0 the side bars with tie holes in the body portion registering with the apertures in the plate, 4. I then insert a screw, 9, which is provided with an eye, 10, through the plate, whereby the top plate is held in a suitable position. The plate 4 may also be secured to the side bars by means of the screw, 11, having a bent portion, 12, which is driven into the wood so that the end portion, 12, registers with the one of the a ertures in the plate 4. By thus securing t e plate, 4, it prevents the same from becoming accidenta 1y dis laced or lost, which would be the result i the late were only secured by means of the pointed projeetions 5-5.

It is believed that the construction of my improved washboard and end attachment may be readily understood from the foreoing description, it being noted that when it is desired to use the rou h surface of the board the end attachment is secured to the end whereby the rubbin surface would be in the position as that isclosed in A Fig. 6, and when it is desired to wash a delicate fabric, the attachment is secured to the opposite end whereby the rubbin surface is in the position shown in the le it portion of Fig. 6, B.

0 t can be rcadil seen that I thus provide a washboard with an attachment to prevent the suds or water from comin in contact with the userfs apparel, and w ich may be easily and readily attached and used upon either end, as dcsired.

What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

The combination with a reversible wash to a side piece, said top Oopiez or this patent may be obtained for in can" extending" side portion for securing the detachment to 10 the board, as and for the 1purpose set forth.

a 1 In testimony whereof have aflixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SUSANNA 11001;.

Witnesses EARL Baooxs, GERTRUDE CLARK- eaob, by droning the Oommluloner of ratents,

Washington, D. U. 

